In the early hours of a Wednesday morning, the ancient ice of the Himalayas gave way, sending a wall of water and rock through the valleys of Nepal and Tibet and into the lives of nearly 600 people who would not survive it. A glacier collapse, violent enough to register as an earthquake, has left almost 2,500 more souls unaccounted for — among them pilgrims seeking the sacred, workers seeking a living, and travelers who simply found themselves in the wrong valley at the wrong hour. The disaster reminds us, as mountains always have, that the earth does not negotiate; it only moves, and we must
Nepal-Tibet floods death toll nears 600 as rescuers race against new lake overflow threat
Nearly 600 confirmed dead, almost 2,500 missing, 3,700+ rescued; 100+ people trapped in hydropower tunnel; hundreds of foreign workers and pilgrims unaccounted for including Mount Kailash pilgrims.